Archive for March, 2013

For millions of Christians around the world, this a wonderful time of year to remember the sacrifice that Jesus Christ made when he died on what we now call Good Friday and rose again on the third day to redeem mankind’s sins. Christ took the sins of mankind onto himself, and in doing so, he gave us eternal life.

This season is the time where Spring is in the air and the temperature is perfect, so if you have little ones, enjoy the Easter egg hunts and gift baskets.

Have you ever become ill after eating a meal? Have you wondered what type of bacteria, you may have contracted from the food that you ate? If so, please review the list below and see what types of bacteria can be found in certain foods.

Food Borne Illness Chart You Should be Aware of:

Organism

Common Name of Illness

Onset Time After Ingesting

Signs & Symptoms

Duration

Food Sources

Bacillus cereus

B. cereus food poisoning

10-16 hrs

Abdominal cramps, watery diarrhea, nausea

24-48 hours

Meats, stews, gravies, vanilla sauce

Campylobacter jejuni

Campylobacteriosis

2-5 days

Diarrhea, cramps, fever, and vomiting; diarrhea may be bloody

2-10 days

Raw and undercooked poultry, unpasteurized milk,contaminated water

Clostridium
botulinum

Botulism

12-72 hours

Vomiting, diarrhea, blurred vision, double vision, difficulty in swallowing, muscle weakness. Can result in respiratory failure and death

Fever, muscle aches, and nausea or diarrhea. Pregnant women may have mild flu-like illness, and infection can lead to premature delivery or stillbirth. The elderly or immunocompromised patients may develop bacteremia or meningitis.

For more information, contact: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition Food Information Line at 1-888-SAFEFOOD (toll free), 10 AM to 4 PM ET, Monday through Friday.

Reference:

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (2013). Food. Retrieved from http://www.fda.gov/Food/FoodborneIllnessContaminants/FoodborneIllnessesNeedToKnow/ucm103263.htm

Judith Owens will share her story about her educational journey. If you have ever thought about giving up on the way to your own destiny, then you must hear this encouraging story. Judith’s story is sure to encourage and inspire you to greatness!

Listen to Judith’s inspiring story on Saturday, March 23, 2013 from 4:30 am to 5:00 am Pacific Standard Time and 7:30 am to 8:00 am Eastern Standard Time. If you would like to call in and ask her questions, you may do so by calling (909) 202-8670. Also, if you miss the show, you can listen anytime to the archive of the show by clicking the link below:

Would you like to speak with the new children’s book author, Michelle R. Britto, about her new book called What’s Below Your Tummy-Tum?

If so, click the link below and call (909) 202-8670 on Saturday, March 16, 2013 @ 4:30 amPST or 7:30 am EST. Please tune into this important show about empowering children to protect themselves against predators.

You could help save a child’s life with this valuable information from a social worker of 19 years who has seen all kinds of cases and violence against children. See you on “The Virgin’s Island Radio Show!

Michelle R. Britto lives in New York. She is a mother of 5 children. She has been a social worker for 19 years. Her hobbies include: yoga, going to temples, sketching, writing, and travel. She is passionate about children and music.

As a parent, grand-parent, or as a concerned adult have you ever wished there was a manual that could tell you how to have those difficult conversations with your child about taboo topics like molestation and rape? If so, this interview style blog is a must read and this new author is going to delight you.

Judith: Michelle, in your own words, how would you describe the first book in your new series of children’s books?

Michelle: The book is designed to empower the whole child. When a child is sexually violated they are violated mind, body, and spirit. Children grow up scattered and do not know how to handle the emotions and physical components that have happened to them which causes the child to be disconnected.

Sexually molested children have to get to the core of the pain, so therapists give them back their voice. Children are taught to un-learn unhealthy relationships.

Judith: Why did you write What’s Below Your Tummy-Tum?

Michelle: When I had my first daughter I wondered how anyone could violate such small body parts. “It was like God was telling me to write this book.”

Judith: Do you have an estimate of how many cases of child molestation there are in your states/United States? What are the statistics?

Michelle: 1 out of 4 children will be molested by their 10th birthday. By the time a girl is 16 years old she will have been sexually violated. Boys typically do not report.

Judith: At what age should parents talk to their children about inappropriate touching? How should parents overcome their fear of protecting their children from predators?

Michelle: Parents should start explaining at age 2. Parents have to realize that if you teach a child their body parts, how do you skip over the most important and sacred body parts? Don’t over-sexualize the conversation with your kids. Parents should not think as adults when explaining body parts to children. As a parent you are speaking to the whole child (mind, body, and spirit) at every level. It’s a foundation for emotional and spiritual intelligence. These are gateways into all of a child. If we stop looking at this issue as explaining adult sexual parts, this would not be an issued to be feared.

Judith: Why is your book so important for every parent to have in their possession?

Michelle: “Because parents make the assumption that this will never happen to their child. Children see what parents and most adults cannot see. A parent never knows what may happen. The only way to know is to acknowledge, not live in fear, but to empower their child. The Psychological Stages of development Trust and Mistrust happen between the ages of 2 to 5 years old. Children are sponges during these ages, so from 2-5 and that’s when they learn language best. This is the best time to teach the children the language of their bodies.”

If a parent does not explain body parts and how important it is for children to understand that NO ONE else should be touching their private parts it could be detrimental to them later. As parents, we must have this conversation.

Judith: What if a parent has discovered that his/her child has been molested or violated, would this book still help them?

Michelle: Yes. Because the child still needs to feel like they are safe. The book is interactive. The child gets to name their safe people. This book is very important in helping a child discover who their safe people are.

You may purchase this wonderful book now by logging onto:

http://www.inlightenmebooks.com/sample-page/

To read more about the author, Michelle R. Britto, and to contact her for conferences and seminars, please click on the link below:

As 2013 has begun, what have your eating habits been like? Will 2013 be a healthy eating year or have you chosen to eat fast food? Most experts says that people break their New Year resolution by the 18th of January.

Leave a comment and tell us how you are doing and how you plan to improve your health this year.

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